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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Greetings:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Please assist us with this call to action from NABM President Nickie Gacos. If you have seen this announcement and have already responded, we thank you. If you have seen this announcement and have not acted or have not seen it, now is your opportunity to take part in this important movement on behalf of the blind vendor in Kentucky and across the country!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Respectfully,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'>Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'>------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Dear NABM Member<span style='color:#1F497D'> and Friends</span>: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>As you know, the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on our blind entrepr<a name="_GoBack"></a>eneurs. Approximately 75% of our blind entrepreneurs have seen their businesses either shut completely down or seriously curtailed. Congress has provided some relief for small businesses but the Randolph-Sheppard Program is unique. We need to let Congress know that more needs to be done to assist our hard working men and women who feed our government employees every day. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Please click on the link below and send letters to the President, both of your U.S. Senators, and your Member in the House of Representatives. The Randolph-Sheppard Act authorizes Congress to appropriate funds for the Randolph-Sheppard Program. It never has. We are asking Congress for the first time to appropriate dollars that can be used to provide relief for our displaced blind entrepreneurs and emergency funding to the states so they can meet their responsibilities as the state licensing agencies. Go to: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__blindmerchantsspeakout.org_alert_-2Durge-5Fcongress-5Fto-5Fappropriate-5Ffunds-5Fto-5Fhelp-5Fblind-5Fvendors_message_congress_write-3Fstyle-3Dwebform&d=DwMGaQ&c=jvUANN7rYqzaQJvTqI-69lgi41yDEZ3CXTgIEaHlx7c&r=BN4mTsEjPa_5iTSlWvxbYxlkhqRFRQte3nA5_IQ5ZJY&m=bdWsWDfmtpeRsftcjgkzxulBEjRpObMghRvCdGXjAvc&s=2V1e3LWi48uvGHwWaOuvbFn2PRSfpAWfgHYMCE-YZG8&e="><span class=s3>https://blindmerchantsspeakout.org/alert/-urge_congress_to_appropriate_funds_to_help_blind_vendors/message/congress/write?style=webform</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=s4 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:27.0pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>It is simple. Just put in your name and address, click on “Preview Message” and then hit “Submit” and your letters will be sent. Act now and let the collective voices of the blind be heard. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Nicky Gacos, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=s6 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt'><span class=bumpedfont15><i><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif";color:red'>The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span></i></span><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=s6 align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:16.2pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2"><br />
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